The Carl Sagan’s chapter “Science and Hope” is a heartfelt praise to science. In the chapter Sagan describes his relationship with science as a romance in which he is continually in awe of the wonders and discoveries brought to him through science. He also presents many compelling reasons why science is a good thing. The main reasons Sagan puts forward that science is a good thing are that it helps us understand what we do not know, it is inherently self-correcting, and is the golden road out of poverty.
Firstly science is a good thing because it helps us understand the world and discover what we do not know or understand about it. There are so many questions to ask about the world and many more answers to give. Science is the tool with which we can find those answers and make predictions about the future. Sagan even compares science to religion and points out that more scientific predictions have seemed to come true than religious ones. Sagan sees science as the best way to investigate our questions above all other methods and even when there is a mistake in a discovery, science has a …show more content…
It is not enough for a scientist to just make a great discovery. The scientist does not stop there, he continues to explore the topic and look for ways it could be wrong by testing the theory. An example of this is of Newton’s discovery and how it was latter revised because it did not apply to all physical circumstances.
Thirdly, science is a good thing because it is the golden road out of poverty. Sagan emphasizes the importance of knowledge and science in society and culture. He says it is the golden road out of poverty, but also gives a warning and says that without it society could fall into poverty. His encouragement is suggesting what society would be like if people were taught more science and given a sense of
Firstly science is a good thing because it helps us understand the world and discover what we do not know or understand about it. There are so many questions to ask about the world and many more answers to give. Science is the tool with which we can find those answers and make predictions about the future. Sagan even compares science to religion and points out that more scientific predictions have seemed to come true than religious ones. Sagan sees science as the best way to investigate our questions above all other methods and even when there is a mistake in a discovery, science has a …show more content…
It is not enough for a scientist to just make a great discovery. The scientist does not stop there, he continues to explore the topic and look for ways it could be wrong by testing the theory. An example of this is of Newton’s discovery and how it was latter revised because it did not apply to all physical circumstances.
Thirdly, science is a good thing because it is the golden road out of poverty. Sagan emphasizes the importance of knowledge and science in society and culture. He says it is the golden road out of poverty, but also gives a warning and says that without it society could fall into poverty. His encouragement is suggesting what society would be like if people were taught more science and given a sense of